More than 40 people are now known to have died after several landslides hit Banyuta in Kenya and the Ugandaous Border in Kenya last week.
“I lost a grandmother, a maternal aunt, an uncle, two brothers, a family friend and a cousin who lived together in Kaptul Village,” Felix Kembo told the Ugandan BBC.
That’s why 30-year-old Felix is sad that he struggles to put the experience into words.
On both sides of the border, scores of people are missing and searches are underway and rescue teams are being sent to find them, amid warnings of more avalanches.
“As heavy rains continue in many parts of the country, the risk of landslides, especially in the Kerior Valley region,” warned the Kenyan Minister of Kenya Murcomen.
He urged residents in the affected areas to be careful with any movement on the ground and said that local authorities are acting on the dangers on higher ground.
Fourteen school students were among dozens of Kenyans killed when two mudslides hit the Great Rift Valley Area, according to the country’s Ministry of Education.
Survivors in eastern Uganda share harrowing accounts with the BBC.
“We slept at night, we (heard) a big sound. The neighbors ran. ‘The mountain died. The mountain died.
His house in Kween Village was destroyed by mud and he is now staying with a neighbor.
About 14km (eight miles) down the road, in Kapchorwa, three sons and daughters from the same household were killed.
Uganda Red Cross workers say at least 18 people have died in the east of the country, and their staff and people searching in Kapchorwa, Bukwo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo and Kwewo Districts.
Mande David Kapcherege, a local leader, told the BBC that rescue teams were using rudimentary tools to dig out the mud debris to repair the mud.
Experts have warned against building houses in some of the affected areas in Uganda and Kenya, where landslides are a known problem.
In 2010, a landslide in Forandan Town in Budaan killed about 300 people, making it the most devastating natural disaster.
In response to this latest disaster, the Ugandan government paid bereaved families 5m shillings ($1,100; £1,000) and 1m shillings for each survivor.
The Kenyan government has yet to announce compensation for survivors or victims.
In Uganda, search missions have been hampered by mudslides cutting off access to some roads.
Additional Reporting by Natasha Booty